Poll Everywhere
International SMS Coverage

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This page will help you determine if Poll Everywhere's SMS polls will work in your country. We provide a list of countries we believe will work with our various international phone numbers, and a way to test for yourself.

What countries have SMS service?

Look up your country and carrier in this full coverage list (PDF) New-window and see which international phone numbers might work for your mobile carrier. In general, to the best of our knowledge, here is a list of countries by continent that we believe we fully cover:

  • Asia, Africa, & the Middle East: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea (South), Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Qatar. Note: For UAE, contact us for service on a local 4 digit SMS short code.
  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Central and South America: Beleize, Brazil, Chile. We are currently seeking local resellers to help us serve these markets better.
  • Europe: Italy, Greece, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
  • North America: United States, Canada (Served by short codes, not the long numbers shown below)

How can I test?

Below are two polls setup to help you test whether Poll Everywhere can receive your messages. They also test our ability to send you a text back.

Instructions

Text each poll below. Standard rate international SMS fees may apply. In our experience, USD $0.50 is typical and USD $1 is worst-case for an international text.

Example: Text london Texting this from Russia to +44 76 2480 6527

If your message appears above, then inbound SMS to Poll Everywhere (voting) works. If you receive a reply message of "Hello from London", then confirmations work.

Example: Text sydney Hello from New Zealand to +61 429 883 481

If your message shows up above, then inbound SMS to Poll Everywhere (voting) works. If you receive a reply message of "Hello from Sydney", then confirmations work.

Don't forget - We support Twitter too

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Can you already Tweet from your phone in your country? Twitter has text local SMS text messaging in India, Germany, Sweden, and others. See their list of local numbers here.

People in the UK and New Zealand on Vodaphone can text Twitter completely free, both ways, on the number 86444 (UK) and 8987 (NZ)! Check it out here

Tweeting a message that includes "@poll" is just like sending an SMS text message to any of our phone numbers.

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